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Normal Microbiota - Given Organism, identify the Location
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02/23/2013

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Term
Skin (resident) and mouth. Gram-positive aerobe.
Definition
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Term
Skin (resident) especially in acne
Definition
Propionibacterium
Term
Skin (resident), nasopharynx and oropharynx. Not on the chapter 1 list but she did include it in the commensal list. Wikipedia says: gram positive
Definition
Micrococcus
Term
Skin (resident), nasopharynx and oropharynx. One of the only Gram negatives to be found on skin.
Definition
Acinetobacteria
Term
Skin (Transient), nasopharynx, oropharynx, mouth
Definition
Cornynebacterium
Term
A major gram-positive pathogen but can also be found commensally in the skin (Transient) and mouth.
Definition
Staphylococcus aureus
Term
Skin (Transient), External nares, nasopharynx and oropharynx, Mouth, sometimes stomach, colon, anterior urethra, vagina. Gram-positive and catalase negative.
Definition
Streptococcus
Term
An anaerobic spore-forming pathogen that can be found commensally on the Skin (Transient).
Definition
Clostridium perfringens
Term
Aerobic spore-forming gram positives that can be found commensally on the Skin (Transient).
Definition
Bacillus sp.
Term
Skin (Resident), eyes, ears, upper respiratory tract, possibly in mouth, distal male urethra, vagina
Definition
Coagulase-negative staphylococci
Term
Eyes, mouth, nasopharynx and oropharynx
Definition
α-hemolytic streptococci
Term
Eyes, nasopharynx, and oropharynx. Gram negative.
Definition
Commensal Neisseria and Haemophilus
Term
Ears. Gram-positive, catalase negative
Definition
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Term
Ears, External nares. Aerobic gram negative.
Definition
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Term
Nasopharynx and Oropharynx. Not on the chapter 1 list but she did include it in the commensal list. Wikipedia says: gram-negative anaerobic cocci
Definition
Veillonella
Term
Nasopharynx, oropharynx. Gram-positive irregular rods.
Definition
Actinomyces
Term
Nasopharynx, oropharynx, gums, colon. Anaerobic and gram negative.
Definition
Fusobacterium
Term
Nasopharynx and oropharynx, gums, small intestine. Gram positive anaerobes.
Definition
Peptostreptococcus
Term
Nasopharynx and oropharynx, small intestine, colon, vagina. In genus streptococcacea.
Definition
Enterococcus
Term
Nasopharynx and oropharynx. In genus Neisseriaceae.
Definition
Moraxella
Term
Nasopharynx and oropharynx, colon, vagina.
Definition
Enterobactericeae
Term
Lower respiratory tract
Definition
Sterile with the occasional exception of transiently inhaled organisms
Term
Mouth. Gram-positive.
Definition
Streptococcus mutans
Term
Mouth. Gram-negative cocci.
Definition
Neisseria sp.
Term
Mouth, occasionally stomach, colon, anterior male urethra, vaginal tract (in women of reproductive age only)
Definition
Lactobacillus
Term
Mouth. Gram-negative and helical.
Definition
Spirochetes
Term
Mouth and vaginal tract (in women of reproductive age only). No cell wall!
Definition
Mycoplasma
Term
Gums
Definition
Lots of anaerobes, like: Bacteriodes, Fusobacterium, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus
Term
Esophagus
Definition
Mostly transients from mouth and upper respiratory tract
Term
Stomach
Definition
Usually sterile, but may have trace amounts of acid resistant gram positives like streptococcus, lactobacillus, and helicobacter
Term
Small intestine
Definition
Mostly anaerobes, like Enterococci, Peptostreptococci, Porphyromanas, and Prevotella
Term
Small intestine. Not on the chapter 1 list but she did include it in the commensal list. Wikipedia says: Gram-negative, rod-shaped, anaerobic
Definition
Porphyramonas
Term
Small intestine. In genus Bacteriodaceae
Definition
Prevotella
Term
Colon. Not on the chapter 1 list but she did include it in the commensal list. Wikipedia says: Gram-positive, non-motile, anaerobic
Definition
Bifidobacterium
Term
Gums and Colon. Anaerobic and Gram-negative.
Definition
Bacteroides
Term
Gums and colon, sometimes skin (Transient). Gram-positive spore forming anaerobe.
Definition
Clostridium
Term
Vaginal tract in women of reproductive phase only
Definition
Gardnerella, Mobiluncus, Ureaplasma Streptococcus gp B, Clostridium, Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, Coagulase negative Staphylococcus
Term
Vaginal tract in women of reproductive phase only, are in family mycoplasmataceae and have no cell wall
Definition
Ureaplasma
Term
Kidneys and urogenital tract
Definition
Sterile. If not there's a problem.
Term
Vaginal tract of pre-pubescent and post-menopausal women
Definition
Similar to skin flora. Staph, Strep, enterococci, enterobactericeae
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